Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

ज्ञानिनां कृतबुद्धीनां जन्मजन्मनिशंकरः । किं मया बहुनोक्तेन पूजनीयः सदाशिवः

Transliteration

jñānināṃ kṛtabuddhīnāṃ janmajanmaniśaṃkaraḥ | kiṃ mayā bahunoktena pūjanīyaḥ sadāśivaḥ

Translation

Für die Weisen und die fest Entschlossenen bleibt Śaṅkara, Geburt um Geburt, Zuflucht und Ziel. Was bedarf es vieler Worte? Sadāśiva ist zu verehren und anzubeten.

Word by Word

• ज्ञानिनाम्: of the wise
• ज्ञानिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• कृतबुद्धीनाम्: of the resolute-minded
• कृतबुद्धीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; कृ धातु + क्त) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('कृता बुद्धिः येषाम्/कृतबुद्धयः' = resolute/formed-intellect), पुंलिङ्ग (जनाः implied), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• जन्मजन्मनि: in every birth
• जन्मजन्मनि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (पुनरुक्त-समासवत्; 'जन्मनि जन्मनि' = in birth after birth), सप्तमी-अर्थे अव्ययवत्

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• किम्: what (use)?
• किम्: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-निपात (interrogative particle: 'what use?')

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• बहुना: with much (talk)
• बहुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (वचनम् implied), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; 'with much (speech)'

• उक्तेन: by saying (it)
• उक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त; वच् धातु + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (वचनम् implied), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; 'by what is said'

• पूजनीयः: to be worshipped
• पूजनीयः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + अनीयर् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (gerundive/भाव्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा (अव्यय) + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('सदा शिवः' = ever-auspicious), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), concluding instruction to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: In-text audience receiving the distilled conclusion

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene assembly of wise sages with composed faces; a central Sadāśiva symbol (liṅga or luminous form) indicating the ultimate refuge; the speaker concludes with ‘what more need be said’.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Sadāśiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

For mature seekers, devotion and worship of Śiva is the enduring path across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra (context), where Śiva is upheld as the supreme object of worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā is explicitly affirmed: Sadāśiva/Śaṅkara should be worshipped.